Posts Tagged ‘museum of the moving image’
Get a glimpse of the globe at the Queens World Film Festival
For its ninth year, the Queens World Film Festival is returning once more to Astoria! Held at both the Zukor Theatre at Kaufman Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image, the event attracts filmmakers from around the world to submit all different genres of film, with over 200 feature and short films being screened,…
Read MoreJaden Smith Visits Shia LaBeouf Group Art Exhibition At Moving Image
“HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US”, are the words that many Astorians, New Yorkers, and celebrities, have been repeating over and over in front of a camera on the side of the Museum of the Moving Image. The new installation was created by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, a creative collaboration started by actor and artist, Shia…
Read MoreFourth of July Blockbuster Movie Weekend at The Museum of the Moving Image
Since cinema began, the 4th of July weekend was seen as the time when movies showed exactly what they were made of. The biggest and the best all opened on 4th of July weekends, and the Museum of the Moving Image is showcasing just a handful of those money makers this weekend for their Born…
Read MoreMayor de Blasio, De Niro, Alicia Keys And More Take Stage At Museum Of The Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image was a star studded scene as Mayor Bill de Blasio celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting on the Wednesday 8th of June. Alicia Keys, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and John Leguizamo were the attendees who joined Mayor de Blasio, and were…
Read MoreGet Your Game ON – At IndiCade East 2016!
IndiCade East is back in town, and the gamers are in full throttle, plugged in and ready to go for this three day gaming conference. Back at the Museum of the Moving Image, it's a celebration of independent games, along with the people who make em and the people who play em. This weekend you're…
Read MoreSaturday At The Movies
This Saturday March 26th, Astorians will get a chance to listen to pre-eminent film critic Owen Gleiberman as he discusses his memoir and career in the film critic industry. The discussion will take place at the Museum of the Moving Image where folks will also be treated to two of Gleiberman's all time favorite movies;…
Read MoreMuseum of the Moving Image: Top 2015 Movie Picks
Well it's that time of the year again, a time for all critics, reviewers and movie enthusiasts to settle down and pick their top movies of 2015. Now of course we've all had favorites last year. Mad Max Fury Road, Star Wars The Force Awakens, Ex Machina, The Reverant, The Hateful Eight and many more have…
Read MoreIn Need Of A Little Culture?
Outdoor outings and sidewalk brunches are things of the past, well, until Spring and Summer 2016 rolls around. The dry pressurizing heat from the radiator isn’t good for your skin, let alone stimulating. So, what are you to do? A museum you say? Sure, but you don’t have a membership and you feel guilty about giving…
Read MoreToy Piano Music Festival Is Coming to Astoria
Astoria is getting a little smaller and it sounds beautiful! For the first, the UnCage Toy Piano Festival is coming to the Museum of the Moving Image. Composer and musician Phyllis Chen is no stranger to New York as she performed in Manhattan in 2007. This tiny instrument has a vast following from around the…
Read MoreKorean Film Festival Kicks Off
The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival opens up on the 6th of November at The Museum of the Moving Image. The festival will bring to the foreground what Korean cinema does best: crime thrillers, romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The line up this year is a mix of both blockbuster and critical favorites.…
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